NILS HABERMACHER

Actor

Nils Habermacher (born 29 December 1982) is a classically trained Swiss German actor. He has played roles from Shakespeare to Bertolt Brecht, working in renowned Swiss and German theaters as well as in dozens of film and television projects.

 

Nils studied drama at the Schauspielschule Zürich and the European Film Actor School Zürich, and had his first leading role as Macheath in The Threepenny Opera (2010) at the Katakombe Frankfurt.

 

Further training took Nils to Los Angeles, California, where he worked with director Georges Caceres, actors Adrian R'Mante, Tyler Steelman, Sterling Sulieman and coach Jonathan Goldstein.

 

Recent credits include the short film "The Coachmen", directed by Freddy Macdonald and executive produced by Al Pacino's long time producer, Barry Navidi, the feature "Cronofobia" by Italian director Francesco Rizzi, as well as a series of national prime-time commercials alongside Swiss tv presenter and former Miss Switzerland Christa Rigozzi.

 

In his theatre work Nils usually portrays tragically self-indulgent, obsessive and/or nerdy people. In addition to his acting, Nils also works as a voice artist. Fluent in English and German, Nils currently lives in Zürich.